Modi a ‘property dealer’ for Ambani, Adani and Tatas, Kejriwal says
AHMEDABAD: Raising the spectre of "Snoopgate", the Aam Aadmi Party leadership on Saturday alleged that people hosting them in Gujarat were grilled by police with former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claiming he was fortunate not to have been killed in an "encounter" in the last three days of his Gujarat tour.
In a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi administration, Kejriwal and his colleagues referred to the attacks as the CM's "dadagiri." AAP leaders have been attacked five times in the last three days with their Ahmedabad rally on Saturday evening being disrupted by stone pelting and black flags. In fact according to AAP leader Sanjay Singh, Kejriwal's car was attacked again as he headed for the airport after addressing over a crowd of around 20,000 in the city.
Terming the 2014 elections as a "dharam yudh", Kejriwal ended his whirlwind tour of the state seeking to address a national audience even as he stuck to local issues like corruption, health, education hitting out on the much touted Gujarat "development model." By challenging Modi in his home turf, Kejriwal seems to have scaled up his party's standing at the national level while denting the Gujarat CM's "invincible" image.
Describing Modi as a "property dealer", Kejriwal continued his offensive against industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani as he addressed his first rally in the BJP stronghold of Bapudham in the city. "Just as Hooda is a property dealer in Haryana, Modi is a property dealer for Adanis and Ambanis," he said. Kejriwal said people of Gujarat had the responsibility of exposing Modi's "lies" about development.
Reeling off statistics on agriculture, health, education and infrastructure, Kejriwal made a strong pitch against the "flawed" Gujarat model to a national audience. AAP leaders including 33 teams have been on an "audit" in 26 districts of the state. Kejriwal read out a veritable rate list of the amount of bribes required to get work done in the state whether it was getting ration through the public distribution system, a drivers' licence or a government job. Alleging that a government hospital had been gifted to Adani, who was now using it as "for profit" venture, Kejriwal said,"Today it is a hospital. Soon it will be all of Gujarat."
The AAP leader continued his broadside against the media saying they were responsible for misguiding the people. The allegations came even as AAP members said TV channels had stopped broadcast of Kejriwal's speech. He said Modi had enacted his own article 370 in the state making it impossible for people to own land. "Outsiders who have lived in Gujarat for the last 50 years are now forced to sell off their land," Kejriwal said.
AAP leaders also alleged that there was no difference between Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra who had acquired land "stealthily" from farmers to sell it at a profit. Kejriwal also trained his guns at gas and mining minister in the Modi-administration Saurabh Patel who, he said, was Ambani's "damaad" and had close links to Adani as well. "Rumour has it that if Modi becomes PM, Patel will be the new Gujarat CM," he said.
The former Delhi CM, who taunted Modi for being "inaccessible" to people, said scant attention had been paid by the leader to his own constituency. "There is no sewage facilities, schools don't have toilets ... when he can't take care of his own constituency, how will he take care of the country?" Kejriwal asked.
The AAP leader, who has recently won indirect praise from the Congress for his "expose" on Modi, defended his stance saying he had earlier raised corruption issues by Vadra and Congress ministers like Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-a-property-dealer-for-Ambani-Adani-and-Tatas-Kejriwal-says/articleshow/31695114.cms
From this clip on IBN, it seems that Kejriwal's speech has really been blacked out
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ahmedabad-stones-pelted-at-kejriwals-rally-police-resort-to-lathicharge/456669-3-238.html
In a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi administration, Kejriwal and his colleagues referred to the attacks as the CM's "dadagiri." AAP leaders have been attacked five times in the last three days with their Ahmedabad rally on Saturday evening being disrupted by stone pelting and black flags. In fact according to AAP leader Sanjay Singh, Kejriwal's car was attacked again as he headed for the airport after addressing over a crowd of around 20,000 in the city.
Terming the 2014 elections as a "dharam yudh", Kejriwal ended his whirlwind tour of the state seeking to address a national audience even as he stuck to local issues like corruption, health, education hitting out on the much touted Gujarat "development model." By challenging Modi in his home turf, Kejriwal seems to have scaled up his party's standing at the national level while denting the Gujarat CM's "invincible" image.
Describing Modi as a "property dealer", Kejriwal continued his offensive against industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani as he addressed his first rally in the BJP stronghold of Bapudham in the city. "Just as Hooda is a property dealer in Haryana, Modi is a property dealer for Adanis and Ambanis," he said. Kejriwal said people of Gujarat had the responsibility of exposing Modi's "lies" about development.
Reeling off statistics on agriculture, health, education and infrastructure, Kejriwal made a strong pitch against the "flawed" Gujarat model to a national audience. AAP leaders including 33 teams have been on an "audit" in 26 districts of the state. Kejriwal read out a veritable rate list of the amount of bribes required to get work done in the state whether it was getting ration through the public distribution system, a drivers' licence or a government job. Alleging that a government hospital had been gifted to Adani, who was now using it as "for profit" venture, Kejriwal said,"Today it is a hospital. Soon it will be all of Gujarat."
The AAP leader continued his broadside against the media saying they were responsible for misguiding the people. The allegations came even as AAP members said TV channels had stopped broadcast of Kejriwal's speech. He said Modi had enacted his own article 370 in the state making it impossible for people to own land. "Outsiders who have lived in Gujarat for the last 50 years are now forced to sell off their land," Kejriwal said.
AAP leaders also alleged that there was no difference between Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra who had acquired land "stealthily" from farmers to sell it at a profit. Kejriwal also trained his guns at gas and mining minister in the Modi-administration Saurabh Patel who, he said, was Ambani's "damaad" and had close links to Adani as well. "Rumour has it that if Modi becomes PM, Patel will be the new Gujarat CM," he said.
The former Delhi CM, who taunted Modi for being "inaccessible" to people, said scant attention had been paid by the leader to his own constituency. "There is no sewage facilities, schools don't have toilets ... when he can't take care of his own constituency, how will he take care of the country?" Kejriwal asked.
The AAP leader, who has recently won indirect praise from the Congress for his "expose" on Modi, defended his stance saying he had earlier raised corruption issues by Vadra and Congress ministers like Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-a-property-dealer-for-Ambani-Adani-and-Tatas-Kejriwal-says/articleshow/31695114.cms
From this clip on IBN, it seems that Kejriwal's speech has really been blacked out
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ahmedabad-stones-pelted-at-kejriwals-rally-police-resort-to-lathicharge/456669-3-238.html
